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Does anyone know how to remove the red "pilling" that I have from washing my son's sweater?

I washed his sweater with a chenille that came apart. I have tried using tape, but no luck.Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

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  • 1 decade ago
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    You can either buy one of those battery-operated pill removers (smooth cover over rotating blades, available walmart/target kind of place) OR go cheap and shave pills off with a disposable, single blade razor...just do it gently & slowly to avoid nicking the fabric! Works well, I usually go this route. Good luck!

  • Me2
    Lv 5
    1 decade ago

    I'd go with the lint shaver. I washed socks in with a sweater. What a mess. I used the shaver and now the sweater is wearable. Before it looked like snow or bad dandruff. argh. They work pretty good.

  • 1 decade ago

    Tape will not work. One of those lint shavers works really well at removing the pills.

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